If you haven't noticed, we had perfect weather for this weekend. Cloudless blue skies every day.
To wrap up our afternoon at Tours, we walked over to Saint Gatien's Cathedral, another structure built over several hundred years due to fires, financing, wars, etc. You would have to zoom in on the high-resolution version of the above image, but you can see many slight ornamental and detailing differences between the two towers. The north tower (if I'm remembering correctly) was built first at the very start of the 16th century, followed by the south tower several decades later, and even this change in time was sufficient to warrant new details and an upgraded facade.
One of the most striking aspects of the church is the organ, a massive thing placed just below a beautiful rose window at the south end of the transept.
As usual, more pics here.
And the field trip continues here.
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